Following the Review-Journal’s story on the telecommunications outage last month, the Las Vegas Business Press this week has an article on how to guard against these types of outages with redundancy.
Two of our customers interviewed for the article mentioned how they use 1Velocity for real redundancy:
“During that outage, we were completely without service,” he said. “We couldn’t transmit flight data … and there are specific regulations with the (Federal Aviation Administration) that you have to submit flight data before take off.”
… After the outage, Allegiant began a new plan for “redundancy,” or the ability to switch to a backup channel. The airline switched to local wireless carrier 1Velocity for its Internet and data service. 1Velocity uses microwave technology instead of underground cables to transmit over a spectrum of devices.
Scott Seegmiller wants to ensure his Las Vegas-based apartment management company avoids the crisis that hamstrung the Gulf Coast resort. He is chief financial officer for Westcorp, which manages more than 22,000 apartment units in 69 communities around the country. Of those, 350 are in the Las Vegas Valley.
He uses 1Velocity for Internet in his office and Cox for data in his local apartment communities. His phone service is through XO Communications and backed up by cell phones.
Read the article:
Businesses Can Avoid Costly Communications Interruptions by Having Backup, observers say
